O caminho e as suas etapas: as quatro nobres verdades (CATVARYĀRYASATYAṆI), o nobre óctuplo caminho (ĀRYĀṢṬĀṆGIKAMARGA) e os estágios dos buscadores

Abstract

This article aims at being a brief introduction to the soteriological praxis of Buddhism, underscoring, firstly, the four noble truths (catvaryāryasatyaṇi), that set of cornerstone intuitions propounded by the Buddha since his first sermon; then, the noble eightfold path (āryāṣṭāṇgikamarga), the set of practices that aims at the experience of awakening taught by the Buddha is described; finally, the stages of the way are described, both in the theravādin tradition as well as in mahāyāna's.